Dowagiac Union High School officials honored a group of juniors who put the pedal to the metal this past school year Tuesday.

Administrators with the high school’s Youth Experiencing Success program recognized a group of 44 11th-grade students who earned all A’s and B’s in their third marking period classes during a ceremony that morning in the high school media center. Partnering with the school for the presentation was C. Wimberley Automotive, which provided coupons for free car washes to the juniors.

The ceremony was the last YES event for this school year. Administrators hosted five prior recognition events this past year, honoring the outstanding achievement of 220 students. There were three presentations for freshmen, one for sophomores and one for juniors.

Each of these students received a certificate from the principal, and a coupon for a free item from a sponsoring Dowagiac business.

Honored Tuesday were:

Kassidy Binns

Mariano Brito

Zachary Brown

Madelyn Casey

Seeun Choi

Anthony Conner

McKenzie Cross

Alissa Dilts

Brenden Dudley

Gage First

Taylore Froehlich

Adrianna Fryman

Nicholas Hackworth

Alexis Hale

Lewis Hartsig

Ethan Hunt

Zechary Huston

Nathan Ickes

Gavin Luthringer

Justin Lyle

Alexandra Martin

Christopher Moreno Badillo

Caleb Murphy

Hunter Newitt

Jamie O’Brien

Christine Pacheco

Mirian Paredes

Andrea Payne

Greta Petersen

William Preston

Kylee Price

Nickolas Saltzman

Alec Saylor

Haley Soderbloom

Logan Thies

Elizabeth Turczi

Drew Vaickus

Emily Wagner

Kody Walker

Chance Wernlund

Shiquan White